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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11424
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14408
13 Actual Demand 11146
14 Aggregate Planning 12074
15 Air Cargo 10002
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6588
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34760
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19112
20 Assembly Line 22167
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22891
22 Average Speed of Answer 26507
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22990
24 Batch Production 38178
25 Bill Discounting 14413
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11120
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7085
28 Blanket Release 9945
29 Bonded Warehouse 10010
30 Booking Number 13680
31 Bottleneck 9435
32 Buffer Stock 59019
33 Build to Stock 12870
34 Bullwhip Effect 9498
35 Business Logistics 25496
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12500
37 Capacity Management 40248
38 Capacity Utilization 14008
39 Capital Intensive 8327
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8632
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9219
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11705
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7640
49 Consular Invoice 19644
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10235
52 Continuous Replenishment 19397
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12007
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7907
57 Cost Flow 10209
58 Courier Service 15139
59 CPFR 8160
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11723
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43965
62 Date Code 18108
63 Days of Supply 19741
64 Dead on Arrival 9157
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7252
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8045
67 Detective Control 8855
68 Devanning 14157
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10800
70 Dispatching 24321
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34548
73 Distribution Metrics 9017
74 Distribution Planning 24120
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15123
76 Double Marginalization 52528
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26091
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38184
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49479
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25347
85 Engineer-to-Order 31621
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16305
87 Erlang B Formula 9287
88 ETD 8270
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13402
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10003
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9369
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10151
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14534
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26889
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8106
101 FOB Destination 12954
102 Forward buying 29978
103 Freight Charge 10265
104 Freight Consolidation 7477
105 Gantt Chart 8240
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29469
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12614
109 Hub 23320
110 Idle Time 8007
 
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